I drink a ton of water before bed so I have no appetite.

Hi, boomerang. The fast-5 diet is based on the way you eat most of your cals at night. Also the warrior diet is like this too, using mostly healthy foods.

Cat, thank you so much for your reply.:hug: I was very concerned that people might think I was endorsing what I do.
I had not heard of the two diets you mention and I will definitely take a look, if just to see that I am not so very odd (at least in this respect :lol:). Regarding eating healthy, it all I can "afford" to do at this point, in order to avoid the possible repercussions of past transgressions...:o In a way I feel like those people who try to change everything on Jan 1st. Lose weight, stop smoking, exercise more, read 5 books a month and start learning a foreign language. With me, all the changes are diet related and I am struggling a bit...

Boomerang, I am struggling too but just hang in there and remember it is the total amount of calories we eat in a day that matters, not the time of day we eat them. I am glad you mentioned this type of eating, I may go back to the fast-5 diet along with calorie counting.

Thank you for the dialogue, Cat. I want to assure you and I guess myself, that I DO try to eat throughout the day in order to avoid the likelihood of breaking down and bingeing (my biggest problem). I DO, however, try to budget my calories in such a way that I can eat something that will make me feel full, right before bed time.
I wish you much success and I hope you will keep me/us posted with your progress. I TRULY AM interested.

This is also similar to intermittent fasting where people have an eating window that lasts only a few hrs a day. People tend to open up eating window late afternoon through evening. Works well if you're hungrier later in the day.

Christine, now that you mention it, I did that several times, during my wt. loss attempts and I was quite successful with it. I just did not know that it was an approach that was practiced by others.
On one occasion I ate once a day, for 30 min. I ate all my calories at that time (around 6:00 PM). That kept me full, pretty much for the next 24 hrs. The rest of the time I'd have some chicken broth (the 5 cal. cubes) and water, tea, non caloric drinks.
I coupled it with a STRICT no weighing myself policy (one of my major binge triggers) and I lost 30#s in under 6 months.
I am not endorsing this, but it worked for me. I don't know why but I just have the "need" to feel full at least once a day and I already talked about my inability to sleep if I am hungry. That combination worked well for me and I've done it on other occasions, successfully. Lately I am trying to do things more moderately and space out my calories with, as I mentioned before, a good portion saved for the PM period so I can sleep.
Thank you, again, for your feedback. I looked up the two options you mentioned and found the information enlightening and frankly, reassuring. I always felt like I was doing something "wrong" eating all my food in one sitting, though intellectually I know that we need to do what is right for us individually, if it does not interfere with our health. In my case, it did not affect my health negatively, on the contrary.